1.   Already-beleaguered mall-based apparel merchants and department stores are suffering from lighter mall traffic nationwide.

2.   Clothing stores were flat, victims of plummeting mall traffic and swelling inventories.

3.   He believes mall traffic, which was down in the last quarter, should rise as consumer confidence continues to get stronger.

4.   That has kept consumer confidence from tanking, translating into busy mall traffic, restaurant bookings and other spending, especially on weekends.

5.   When mall traffic began to decline, he finally allowed his best operators to run more than one store.

6.   Mall traffic, which has been down since Thanksgiving, further deteriorated this past weekend, according to RCT Systems, a research firm.

7.   Mall traffic is down and sales are soft.

8.   While the holiday shopping season opened with a strong start the day after Thanksgiving, more recent data show mall traffic down and sales soft.

9.   While the holiday season opened with a strong start the day after Thanksgiving, mall traffic has been down and sales lackluster since then.

10.   While vehicle traffic would increase, the report indicated the bulk of mall traffic would occur outside of the peak rush hours.